Demand 99%

2011-10-11T23:45:00.000-07:00

First off, as I promised last post, here is one of my poems from the August Poetry Postcard Fest

#15 (Olvera Street Postcard)

Lie to me
when it matters most.
Tell me tomorrow
we will be lovers.
Tell me we will love
as we did in a past life,
when i was a crow,
and you were a stellar jay.
Love me like you did
when we sat atop the maple tree
and sang songs all day

Now, here is a ballad I wrote a few years ago. The last verse was the inspiration for a painting I did during one of the Forgotten Works 30 in 30 challenges I took part in (see below).

Pre Revolution Stretching

Systemized in America

Most of us in debt

Some get nickels and dimes

Some have fives and tens

Some carry more than that

Some get none at all

The banks have all the money

We borrow and we crawl

The divide grows wider

Politicians play their games

Law to the highest bidder

Stealing without shame

Not so much united

It’s stars versus stripes

Ruled by fear

The News reduced to hype

To build it all again

We don’t have to burn it down

The sunrise is approaching

And sleepy is the town

Finally, some notes from T.V. Reed's The Art of Protest

The functions of culture in movements:
* Encourage
* Empower
* Harmonize
* Inform Internally
* Inform Externally
* Enact Movement Goals
* Historicize
* Transform affect or tactics
* Critique movement ideology
* Make Room for Pleasure

Aaron Kokorowski

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Demand 99%